VANCOUVER — Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final, which will be played here at Rogers Arena tomorrow night, is not time for radical changes from what the Bruins have done most of the season to get this close to ultimate glory.

But that doesn’t mean there can’t be some alterations.

In this series so far, the home team has won every game. That means the Bruins are 0-3 in games played on the Canucks’ home ice. Head coach Claude Julien isn’t afraid to admit his team needs to do things differently in the last game of this series to expect a different result in the opposing building.

“I think we need to alter our game here, that’s what needs to be altered,” said Julien after his team skated off the six-hour flight today. “We’ve already started talking about what we need to do as soon as the game [Monday] was done. I think it was important to set the tone and the stage for Game 7, so we started doing that.

“We’ve talked about it and our guys realize what they didn’t do here well enough and what needs to be done and we’re going to be ready to put that on the ice tomorrow.”

As for the team’s attitude and composure when the puck drops on the biggest game of their lives tomorrow, Julien takes responsibility for what you’re going to see shortly after 8 p.m.

“I think it starts from the coach, starts from the coaches, and comes from upper management. Our general manager said the same thing all along, we’ve taken that approach to come in and make sure that there is an atmosphere in the dressing room of a variety of things: commitment, obviously there is also the focus, there is everything that needs to be done in a game, but there is also a good air in the dressing room that makes the guys enjoy being with each other and enjoying the moment,” said the coach.

“We just try to create that situation, and as you can see, everybody is in there with a smile. It doesn’t guarantee anything tomorrow, but the thing that we’re going to do is do the best we can so that we can have those permanent smiles on our faces.”

If I’m not mistaken, Marchand has broken the record for rookie goals in the playoffs. He’s not my favorite personality but his play has been impressive.

Here’s hoping it’s a close game tonight. Fans in both cities deserve this cup. Boston has been waiting 39 years, and have lost 2 or 3 finals in a row.

Vancouver has been waiting 40 years and have lost the finals twice.

If Boston wins, based on the play in this series, I’d say the better overall team has won. They were tight in their road games and downright dominant in their home games.

If Vancouver wins, the more skilled team will have won but their performance in the finals will still feel like a disappointment in some ways. I mean, based on how they CAN play, they could have swept this. But based on how they HAVE played, particularly in Boston, they could have BEEN swept by the Bruins.

This is why we watch the game, boys! A LONG road with this team throughout the season; 82 regular season games and now a 25th playoff game to seal the deal. Win or lose tonight, this has been a tremendous ride but let’s not get things twisted… BRUINS WIN 4-2 on an empty netter! DO IT FOR HORTON :)!